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Anirban Bhattacharya
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RBI’s ‘freebies’ for wilful defaulters makes a mockery of the banking system
Recent loan write-off amounts exceeded the funds shortfall to replace old railway tracks and spending on three social sectors.
Anirban Bhattacharya & Pranay Raj
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Investing in public well-being is not ‘populism’: Why the ‘freebie’ debate is flawed
Instead of being limited by fiscal deficits, governments should instead raise tax the super rich to raise funds for healthcare and other welfare measures.
Anirban Bhattacharya & Amitanshu Verma
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A letter to Lady Justice: Umar Khalid had some faith in your blindfold – is he not worth defending?
An appeal by a friend of the jailed activist.
Anirban Bhattacharya
Trending
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Hanuman’s leap: Why India’s firms aren’t making investments despite Nirmala Sitharaman’s pleading
Industrialists will only invest when it they see returns and it makes business sense.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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Tale of two Constitutions: As Chile drafts a pluralistic future, some Indians aim for Hindu rashtra
In India, are moving backward from a secular, socialist and democratic republic to one that is majoritarian, unitary and grotesquely unequal.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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How the row over ‘freebies’ hides India’s failure to meet the basic needs of its citizens
While it targets welfare schemes, the Union government has also written off crores in outstanding loans for India’s rich and given huge corporate tax rebates.
Anirban Bhattacharya
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Behind the ABG Shipyard fraud, a system that lets big firms gamble with savings of ordinary people
With the company owing Rs 22,842 crore to 28 banks, it’s being called India’s biggest bank fraud.
Ashish Kajla & Anirban Bhattacharya
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Demonetisation, GST and lockdown: How the Modi government has wrecked India’s small businesses
Each time, the citizens were expected to endure ‘momentary hardships’, purportedly to achieve what was said to be a ‘noble goal’.
Priya Dharshini, Ashish Kajla & Anirban Bhattacharya
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An open letter to Umar Khalid: If you are doing time, you may as well do it well
Two friends write to the student leader, jailed in the Delhi riots case.
Aswathi Nair & Anirban Bhattacharya
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Opinion: Dissent is contagious – and arrests of Delhi activists will not stop the quest for justice
The CAA-NRC protests undermined the stereotypical images of Muslims that drive the BJP’s binary politics. It is trying to restore the balance.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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The Great Covid-19 Migrant Exodus: Miles separate government’s claims on relief from reality
Tracking the stories of two workers – one who stayed in Delhi and the other who returned home to Utttar Pradesh.
Sazid Ali, Shirin Choudhary & Anirban Bhattacharya
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Contested citizenship: What Constituent Assembly debates from 70 years ago reveal about India today
Some ideas from the late 1940s mirror current views on Indian Muslims and minority rights.
Anirban Bhattacharya & Azram Rahman Khan
The Field
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final